SWEET ATTRACTION: The mystery of blue and green honey made by bees in France is solved: Like so many people, the bees love M&Ms. No kidding. Turns out, the bees couldn't resist the sugary waste being processed by a nearby biogas plant. The honey, though, is not for sale. Much to the dismay of the bees, the waste has been covered.

A similar story came out of New York two years ago, where bees were sipping the sticky, sweet juice of maraschino cherries. "Where there should have been a touch of gentle amber showing through the membrane of their honey stomachs was instead a garish bright red. The honeycombs, too, were an alarming shade of Robitussin."

ANT ARCHITECTURE: Walter R. Tschinkel, a former biology professor at Florida State University employs a unique blend of entomology and archeology to unearth the architecture of ants: He pours molten aluminum down the insect holes. The results are elaborate, eerie and beautiful. And deadly to the ants.